06/11/2026
Good Morning,
I have been thinking about traveling and about moving households. Most moves for modern day folks involve a lot of planning and sometimes, downsizing. Travel these days is not always easy. How long will it take to get to the airport? Will our flight be delayed or cancelled? For a road trip by car, there are always plans about stops for gas, rest stops, where will we eat, and do we need reservations for a decent place to spend the night? On car vacations with your family, did your Dad ever say, âDo I have to stop this car?â when your siblings were bored and wouldnât stop bickering and continually asking âare we there yet?â I donât know how many Old Testament fathers, like Abram, were told by God to go from their country, leave their kindred and their fatherâs house and go to a land that God would show them. Whenever we read about these travels, some by choice and some because God told them to go and showed the way; we have to realize how obedient these people were to follow Godâs instructions even though he promised blessings at the end. We know that those who spent 40 years crossing the dessert did complain (who wouldnât?). Abramâs journey was so long it was done in stages. Then in the New Testament, when Mary was visited by the Angel Gabriel who told her she would bear a son and also told her that her cousin, Ellizabeth, was pregnant, Mary hurriedly went to be with Elizabeth. This was not an easy trip to a nearby neighborhood, but Mary knew that she must go to be with her cousin and traveled by herself into the Hill Country where Elizabeth and Zechariah lived. I have often wondered how many sandals people wore out walking those sandy paths and roadways. More importantly, I appreciate and admire how obedient all of the people were who responded to God and followed His plan for them. Even though God may speak to me in different ways than he did to our forefathers and mothers, do I always respond to what I am being told or what I think I am hearing, in a way that I am being obedient to Godâs plan for me?
In Christâs Love,
Rosanne